Know The Way

It's a sick and sinking feeling to know your destination, the time you must be there, but not know how to get there.  That happened to me one summer as I was taking Dennis to a baseball game.  I thought I was ahead of schedule when it occurred to me I didn’t know the ballpark's location. Thank the Lord for cell phones!

It is written in Psalm 1:6 that "the Lord knows the way of the righteous." He needs no roadmap for the heart; He knows one’s true character. Pretentiousness is a waste of time, energy, and effort before our all-knowing God.  Go ahead, shine the shoes, dress in the latest fashions, and be on best behavior but how do we really hold up under Divine scrutiny?  A genuinely Godly life has enormous influence for good. John Greenleaf Whittier writes:

The dear Lord's best interpreters are humble, human souls;

The Gospel of a life like hers is more than books or scrolls.

From scheme and creed the light goes out, this saintly fact survives;

The blessed Master none can doubt revealed in holy lives.

Verse 6 concludes, "but the way of the ungodly shall perish."  God wants His children to embrace His Truth as The Way for our lives.  "He is patient ... not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)  He knows the way: He IS The Way so ... no excuses -- Know The Way.